likeness.” In Discipline and Punish, philosopher Michel Foucault frames the concept a little differently. Foucault writes that the creation of docile, obedient bodies is essential to a well-ordered society or, in this case, a functioning and effective church. But in order to create docile bodies, disciplinary institutions like churches must be able to constantly observe and record the bodies they control. Given that this is an impossible task in the real world, it becomes vital for institutions to then ensure that people have internalized the necessary beliefs to the point that they don’t
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